DVB-T/T2 Advanced Monitoring Probe
EdgeProbe Advanced DVB-T/T2

INTERFACES

• Control

• Up to 2x Gigabit Ethernet for:

  HTTP Web GUI (management),

  SNMP v2/v2c/INFORM (alarm traps and OID command SET/GET),

  FTP (firmware update, log file download, profile update)

• RF

• Up to 4x RF inputs (N-type female – 50 Ω)

• Standards

• DVB-T – ETSI EN 300 744

  DVB-T2 & T2 Lite – ETSI EN 302 755 v1.3.1, ETSI TS 102 831

  T2-MI – ETSI TS 102 773

• Frequency range

• 40 to 1000 MHz

• Sensitivity

• -80 to -5 dBm; RF lock down to -80dBm

• Channel bandwidth

• 1.7, 5, 6, 7, 8 MHz

• TS/T2-MI

• Up to 4x ASI in/out (BNC-type female – 75 Ω)

• TS/T2-MI

• Up to 4x Gigabit Ethernet for Data in/out (VLAN support)

• GNSS & Time Reference

• 1x GNSS antenna input (SMA-type – 50 Ω) (GPS/GLONASS) HW option, 3.3V antenna power up

  1x 1PPS input (BNC-type female – 50 Ω)

  1x 10MHz input (BNC-type female – 50 Ω)

• Web UI

• HTML5 User Interface, compatible with up-to-date browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox…)

MONITORING FEATURES

• RF Monitor

• Power – Signal Level, SNR, MER, BER

• Demodulation status

• Lock / Unlock

• Signal Level

• Measure from -90 to -5 dBm ±1 dBm, typically ±0.5 dBm, resolution 0.2 dBm

  Unit: dBm or dBµV

• Constellation, Spectrum display

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• MER

• 0 to 40 dB (0 to 36 dB: ±1 dB, 36 to 40 dB: ±2 dB)

• SNR

• 0 to 40 dB (±1 dB)

• BER (DVB-T)

• Pre/Post-Viterbi, Post-RS

• BER (DVB-T2)

• Pre/Post-LDPC, Post-BCH

• Modulation parameters

• L1 signaling in DVB-T2, TPS in DVB-T

• SFN Monitor at RX site (SFN overlapping area)

• Channel Impulse Response (CIR) monitoring in the SFN overlapping reception area: Echoes Delay and Power Level alarming masks

  With TestTree’s unique Echo Pattern monitor: more reliable echo in error identification even if the main (strongest) echo suffers changes!

• SFN Monitor at TX site

• Quick identification of which TX site is causing SFN issues !

  Time Synchronization: RF Frame Drift

  Frequency Synchronization: Carrier Frequency Offset (±1 Hz, resolution 0.1 Hz)

• Distribution Network Delay

• Delay for the TS (with MIP packet) / T2-MI stream between the Broadcast Gateway and the Remote Transmission Site. Measured before the modulator.

• IP Link Monitor

• UDP/RTP supported

  Network Jitter, RTP packet errors, FEC

• T2-MI Monitor

• Single/Multi-PLP support

  ETSI TR 101 290 T2-MI packet, L1 pre/post signaling

  T2-MI Network Delay

  PLP extraction and TS PLP analysis (ETR 101 290)

• OneBeam/Single Illumination Monitor

• Specific PID from the DTH stream used to recover the T2-MI distribution on TX site

• ETSI TR 101 290 Monitor

• MPEG-2 TS Monitor, ETSI TR 101 290 Priority 1, 2, 3

  TS (with MIP packet) Network Delay

• QoS

• SAE (Service Availability Error), SDE (Service Degradation Error) based on ETR 101 290

• Service Plan

• Verify regional services, Service & PID bitrates, Scrambling, Service & PID presence

  Thumbnails for unencrypted video services (refresh rate might vary upon encoding)

  PSI/SI tables decoding

• Round-Robin

• Monitor sequentially several channels or PLPs, in a Round-Robin mode within one single Monitoring Unit. Monitoring context (measurement alarms) are kept between successive rounds.

• Internal Storage

• Up to 4x 32 GB: event logs up to 6 months, trends up to 6 months, analyzed TS/T2-MI recording

PHYSICAL

• Height (1 or 2 monitoring units) : 45 mm / 1.7 in, Width: 440 mm / 17.3 in, Depth: 145 mm / 5.7 in
• Height (4 monitoring units) : 45 mm / 1.7 in, Width: 440 mm / 17.3 in, Depth: 300 mm / 11.8 in
• Format: 1 RU, width 19”, Power supply: 100-240 VAC +/-10%
• Power consumption: 10 W per active monitoring unit
• Redundant Power Supply (HW option)

ENVIRONMENT

• Operating temperature

• -20 to 55°C / -4 to 131 °F

• Storage temperature

• -20 to 70°C / -4 to 158°F

• Humidity

• 0 to 95%, non condensing